Get Your Toddler to Co-operate!

Elizabeth Pantley [05 August 2009] - Toddlers and preschoolers require finesse to gain their cooperation, because they have not yet reached the age at which they can see and understand the whole picture, so simply explaining what you want doesn’t always work. Robert Scotellaro is quoted in The Funny Side of Parenthood as saying, “Reasoning with a two-year-old is about as productive as changing seats on the Titanic.” (He must have had a two-year-old at the time.) Read more »

Cancer beating tomatoes

Mariette Greyling [23 April 2008] - Research evidence continues to support the fact that diet plays a major role in both causing and preventing illness. It's estimated that 35% of cancer is related to diet and studies have provided a wealth of information about specific dietary factors. Read more »

Rules – creating prisoners or free children?

Frederick van Wyk [30 March 2009] - When we were growing up as teenagers, we were saying things like:  “I cannot wait to be a grown-up to make my own rules and be a free man.  Where no one and nothing will dictate to me what I must do or not do.”  Yet today, I am astounded when observing kids play, that they always place boundaries or fences in their play.  I do sand play therapy with children, and the first objects they put in the sand, are the fences.  These fences say:  Within these boundaries the people, animals, and consequently myself, are safe.  And only within those boundaries, can I be free.  Read more »